@Archimago - my speakers are fine. Just wanted to point out because of less number of drivers (than my previous Silverline Sonatina) it needs a different position. I have seen speaker designers say they do not shoot for a flat frequency response in an anechoic chamber, because with real music it does not sound good. I am not sure they are just trying to pander to the "audiophile" crowd with this statement. I personally, go for specs as well as sound. Many audiophile brands are not true "high-fidelity" systems. They are tuned to sound in a certain way. One of the Integrated Amps I had earlier 'AudioRefinement Complete' (ralph has it, I think) was found to be designed purposely with some non-linear compression by hackers ie. louder treble sounds get attenuated more. Apparently, this is done to voice it like tube amps. I have not liked this at all. The Primare brand is also voiced similarly based on my listening at the stores here. One of the reasons I like my true digital amplifiers (like TACT and Panasonic) very transparent. An audio reviewer also mentions he uses the current Nuforce D100 as the ultimate reference for transparency. I prefer 'live/dynamic/realistic/transparent' sound. My Newform seems a little bit "polite" compared to Magnepans which was the speakers I really liked for the 'live' sound. Sound can be created in many ways (dynamic, planar/ribbon, etc and solid-state/tube etc) it is difficult to say which one is really high-fidelity, I guess (some people say, micro-dynamics are good with tubes, I personally dont like that sound).
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